Blood ginseng

Blood ginseng

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[source] it is the whole plant of Wedelia Sinica.

[plant morphology] Wedelia Sinica

Perennial herbs, 30-60 cm high. The fibrous roots are tufted and fleshy, and red juice flows out after breaking. Stem erect, cylindrical, greenish red. Single leaf opposite, ovate or ovate lanceolate, 3.5-7 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, apex long acuminate, base cuneate, covered with white hairs, margin serrate, 3-veined. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, margin flower female, corolla ligulate yellow, central tubular flower bisexual. Achenes oblong.

It grows in shrubs on limestone slopes. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

Sweet and warm.

Functions and indications: tonifying and promoting blood circulation. Treatment of anemia, postpartum hemorrhage, uterine fibroids, amenorrhea, neurasthenia.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.